First Application of the SINE (Short Interspersed Repetitive Element) Method to Infer Phylogenetic Relationships in Reptiles: An Example from the Turtle Superfamily Testudinoidea

DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors

1977 • 69,181 citations

Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics

2000 • 7,148 citations

A general method for isolation of high molecular weight DNA from eukaryotes

1976 • 2,827 citations

NONVIRAL RETROPOSONS: GENES, PSEUDOGENES, AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS GENERATED BY THE REVERSE FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION

1986 • 1,032 citations

Rare genomic changes as a tool for phylogenetics

2000 • 700 citations

SINEs and LINEs: Highly repeated short and long interspersed sequences in mammalian genomes

1982 • 438 citations

Molecular evidence from retroposons that whales form a clade within even-toed ungulates

1997 • 401 citations

SINE insertions: powerful tools for molecular systematics

2000 • 383 citations

A phylogeny of turtles

1988 • 348 citations

LINEs Mobilize SINEs in the Eel through a Shared 3′ Sequence

2002 • 312 citations

Tests of Turtle Phylogeny: Molecular, Morphological, and Paleontological Approaches

1997 • 299 citations

SINEs and LINEs share common 3′ sequences: a review

1997 • 259 citations

Retroposon analysis of major cetacean lineages: The monophyly of toothed whales and the paraphyly of river dolphins

2001 • 258 citations

Determination of the phylogenetic relationships among Pacific salmonids by using short interspersed elements (SINEs) as temporal landmarks of evolution.

1993 • 201 citations

Phylogenetic Relationships and Ancient Incomplete Lineage Sorting Among Cichlid Fishes in Lake Tanganyika as Revealed by Analysis of the Insertion of Retroposons

2001 • 197 citations

The 3′ Ends of tRNA-Derived Short Interspersed Repetitive Elements Are Derived from the 3′ Ends of Long Interspersed Repetitive Elements

1996 • 178 citations

SINEs: Short interspersed repeated elements of the eukaryotic genome

1991 • 166 citations

SINEs

1991 • 161 citations

PARTITION OF THE GENUS CLEMMYS AND RELATED PROBLEMS IN THE TAXONOMY OF THE AQUATIC TESTUDINIDAE

1964 • 135 citations

Shaping and reshaping of salmonid genomes by amplification of tRNA-derived retroposons during evolution.

1991 • 125 citations

Genealogy of families of SINEs in cetaceans and artiodactyls: the presence of a huge superfamily of tRNA(Glu)-derived families of SINEs

1999 • 91 citations

Determination of the entire sequence of turtle CR1: the first open reading frame of the turtle CR1 element encodes a protein with a novel zinc finger motif

1997 • 85 citations

Total DNA transcription in vitro: a procedure to detect highly repetitive and transcribable sequences with tRNA-like structures.

1986 • 76 citations

Characterization of Novel Alu- and tRNA-Related SINEs from the Tree Shrew and Evolutionary Implications of Their Origins

2002 • 74 citations

Emydid Shell Kinesis: Biomechanics and Evolution

1974 • 71 citations

Several short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) in distant species may have originated from a common ancestral retrovirus: characterization of a squid SINE and a possible mechanism for generation of tRNA-derived retroposons.

1993 • 71 citations

Phylogenetic Relationships of the Asian Box Turtles of the Genus Cuora sensu lato (Reptilia: Bataguridae) Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

2002 • 62 citations

SINE Evolution, Missing Data, and the Origin of Whales

2000 • 61 citations

Phylogenetic Relationships of Geoemydine Turtles (Reptilia: Bataguridae).

2001 • 52 citations

Biochemical Characters and the Reconstruction of Turtle Phylogenies: Relationships among Batagurine Genera

1984 • 52 citations

Molecular systematics: Perfect SINEs of evolutionary history?

1999 • 46 citations

Amplification of Distinct Subfamilies of Short Interspersed Elements During Evolution of the Salmonidae

1994 • 41 citations

Phylogeny of the Eurasian freshwater turtles of the genus Mauremys Gray 1869 (Testudines), with special reference to a close affinity of Mauremys japonica with Chinemys reevesii

2002 • 37 citations

A highly repetitive and transcribable sequence in the tortoise genome is probably a retroposon

1990 • 37 citations

Do all SINEs lead to LINEs?

2000 • 36 citations

Evolution of CHR-2 SINEs in cetartiodactyl genomes: possible evidence for the monophyletic origin of toothed whales

2001 • 35 citations

‘SINEs of the times’ — transposable elements as clade markers for their hosts

1997 • 33 citations

A NEW GENUS OF GEOEMYDID TUR TLE FROM ASIA

2000 • 27 citations

Mosaic Structure and Retropositional Dynamics During Evolution of Subfamilies of Short Interspersed Elements in African Cichlids

2002 • 27 citations

Biochemical Characters and the Reconstruction of Turtle Phylogenies: Relationships Among Bataguirine Genera

1984 • 24 citations

Mock turtles

2003 • 20 citations

PHYLOGENY OF ASIAN FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL TURTLES BASED ON SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF 12S rRNA GENE FRAGMENT

1999 • 14 citations